ABSTRACT

Offences & Penalties under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Chapter XI-Offences)

A cyber offence can be defined as the execution of an act that is prohibited by the cyber laws. This type of crime may result in criminal prosecution and the offender may be punished with imprisonment or heavy fine. The introduction of the internet has brought the tremendous changes in our lives. People of all fields are increasingly using the computers to create, transmit and store information in the electronic form instead of the traditional papers, documents. Information stored in electronic forms has many advantages, it is cheaper, easier to store, easier to retrieve and for speedier to connection. Though it has many advantages, it has been misused by many people in order to gain themselves or for sake or otherwise to harm others. The high and speedier connectivity to the world from any place has developed many crimes and these increased offences led to the need of law for protection. Some countries have been rather been vigilant and formed some laws governing the net. In order to keep in pace with the changing generation, the Indian Parliament passed the law --- Information Technology Act 2000. Offences:-Cyber offences are the unlawful acts which are carried in a very sophisticated manner in which either the computer is the tool or target or both.

By: - Gaurav Jain (Information Technology)